5N Plus Inc. announced the appointment of Ms. Blair Dickerson to its Board of Directors. An advocate of sustainable business strategies and practices, Ms. Dickerson has spent her career in stakeholder relations and communications both in government and with some of the world's larger resource companies. Most recently, Ms. Dickerson was Head of Sustainability, Corporate Relations and Communications at Vale Base Metals, where she led the integrated corporate affairs, communications, government relations and sustainability functions for the global Vale Base Metals business.

Prior to Vale, she worked at Rio Tinto where she was responsible for corporate relations and communications starting in North America, but also in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She also held the position of Vice President of External Relations and Communications at the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Ms. Dickerson holds an MBA from Queen's University and received her BA in Policial Science from Carleton University.

She also holds an accreditation as a certified sustainability practitioner from the Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) and has served on the Boards of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian American Business Council and the Mining Association of Canada.